Riders In The Sky

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Riders In The Sky is a Western music group based in Nashville, Tennessee, which played its first show on November 11, 1977 at a Nashville bar called Herr Harry's Frank N' Steins. The core trio is Douglas B. Green, who performs as Ranger Doug on guitar and vocals, Fred LaBour, who performs as Too Slim on double bass and vocals, and Paul Chrisman, who performs as Woody Paul on fiddle and vocals and joined in 1978. Accordionist Joey Miskulin, long the group's producer, became an official member in 1999. The act revives the singing-cowboy tradition of Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, pairing close Western harmony and instrumental work with sketch comedy and character patter between songs. After 26 guest appearances they were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on June 19, 1982, the first exclusively Western act to join, and they still play the Opry House regularly. They have released more than 40 albums since the 1979 debut Three on the Trail, and have carried the format into broadcasting: Tumbleweed Theater ran on The Nashville Network from 1983 to 1988, Riders Radio Theater ran on public radio from 1988 to 1995, and a 13-episode Saturday-morning children's series aired on CBS in 1991. Their work with Pixar brought two Grammy Awards for Best Musical Album for Children, in 2001 for the Toy Story 2 tie-in built around Woody's Roundup and in 2003 for the Monsters, Inc. companion record; they also wrote the score for the Pixar short For the Birds. The Western Music Association has named them Entertainer of the Year six times and inducted them into its Hall of Fame, the Academy of Western Artists has named them Western Music Group of the Year five times, and they appear on the Country Music Foundation's Walkway of Stars and the Walk of Western Stars.

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